Jean Anouilh

Introduction This report argues how Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory underpins education principles and practices, and student’s learning and development, informed by scholarly material, and observations of practices, formulated from observing a lower primary class. Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory illustrates the power of language, culture and social interactions with more knowledgeable others, to generate critical thinking. As according to Vygotsky, the major influence on child’s learning and…

studied these developmental milestones, and put them into broad stages of development, which many children go through during certain time frames. Jean Piaget, one of the most well known child development theorist, formed the Cognitive Development Theory which has helped educators to understand a child’s cognitive abilities from birth to early adolescence. Jean Piaget disagreed with behavioral theorists who believed that a child’s learning depended on reinforcers. He believed that a child’s…

Question 1 The pre-linguistic stage occurs in the child’s first year and includes the development of gestures, eye contact, babbling, cooing, and crying. The holophrase stage occurs between the age of 10 and 13 months where the child utters a single word but shows response to non-verbal cues. The two-word sentences stage happens between 18 and 20 months, where the child learns to express ideas that concern relationships (Foster- Cohen 2014). The multiple-word sentences stage occurs from the age…

As there is an increase in the expected requirements for mathematics within the curriculum, some individuals argue that high amounts of pressure will be placed upon pupils to complete work which exceeds their capabilities which may lead to the creation of confusion, misconceptions and misunderstanding (Dracup, 2015). However, Hansen et al. (2014: 1) believes that misconceptions in children’s learning are critical to comprehend how children learn and how to embrace these concepts to support every…

Applying Developmental Approaches to Adolescence The aim of this literature is to examine developmental concepts or theories, and applying such concepts from a developmental perspective in the fashion of a case study. As the developmental trajectory of an individual, may yield answers and insights to current problems or concerns. In a counseling or school setting for example, having such detailed description of the client may assist the counselor’s ability to relate to the client, as well, as…

Rakhi Banerjee is a 17-year-old adolescent female. Through Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory, Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, and Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development, I will explore the stages of development that she is currently in with regard to different aspects of her life. Erikson’s Theory Erik Erikson proposed eight stages that are followed from birth through adulthood, with each stage discussing a challenge that people face at an age range. The eight stages of his psychosocial…

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the time spent on several types of media is more than the time spent on any normal activity. The children have grown up with media always present in their household that they have developed their understanding on media. They are somehow educated through the usage of media, it makes them think critically and it is also believed that the latter are more likely better prepared to have a successful future (Ladner, 2012). Though, another theory point…

The study of Montemayor and Eisen studied the development of individuals pre-adolescence and post-adolescence. It was hypothesized that young children will only describe themselves with concrete and physical characteristics. However, they believed that older individuals will use more physiological and interpersonal traits. There were significant increases among children and adolescents in seven categories: occupational role, interpersonal descriptions, existential living, ideological living and…

Constructivism is the idea that children develop their knowledge and skills by building on what they already know; essentially, it is child-centred development. Children use their existing knowledge and understanding to learn new things by using what they already know to infer new knowledge from new experiences when interacting with the world around them. Vygotsky theorised that children were influenced by thought, play, imagination and language and that they used these to build their knowledge…

Among the theories of human development, the one I most agree with is Kohlberg’s six stages of moral reasoning. Kohlberg’s theory outlines the stages of moral reasoning in a simplistic manner that one can follow and understand the process of each stage of the infant to adulthood life cycle. The first level 1, age 4 to 10 years includes stage 1 – 'Punishment and Obedience Orientation'. The child obeys rules given by others to avoid punishment. As such, the child does not fully understand…